Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and blue handkerchief worn on his left side. His bronze crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Gold and ruby ring (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a green and pastel robe with the hood down. He carries a battered monstrous two handed axe and tarnished longbow as well. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Armorer profession.

History: Astar was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in the east to a Sage, Sumnes learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Sumnes was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Sumnes decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has worked as a Sage like her mother before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her broad black hat.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.